Making Stencils for T-Shirts with Freezer Paper and your Silhouette

Stencils from freezer paper! Oh how I’m hooked and you will be too!

Now that I have learned how to make stencils with freezer paper, using my Silhouette Cameo 3, I am absolutely hooked! It all started a week and a half before Christmas when I had ordered my son a USMC hoodie from a company which I will not name. This company that I shall not name sent me a hoodie within 3 days of ordering it! Yay for that! I was so excited about his hoodie getting here so quickly until…..I tore the bag open and it was the wrong hoodie!

Panic set it! What in the heck was I going to do now! Christmas was only a week and a half away! So, first I contacted the company. Nothing. In fact I contacted the company 3 times within 2 days. Nothing. That’s when I decided it was time for plan B. I started searching for blank hoodies and how to make my awesome design to go on it. I knew I wanted it to say USMC like the one I ordered, I didn’t want to use vinyl, I wanted it painted on with out the paint coming off. But, how?

Well thanks to Pinterest I found all the answers I needed!

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Using your Silhouette Cameo 3 for stencils:

– Make sure your computer and Silhouette are all hooked up like they should be. Place your freezer paper on your Cameo mat with the shiny side of the freezer paper faced up and hit “Load”. Follow the video below to load your image till you send it to your Cameo for cutting. Don’t worry it’s a short video!

Your stencil once cut out:

Stenciling:

– Because you mirrored your image and cut it with the shiny side of your freezer paper facing up, you’ll notice once you remove it from your mat and turn it with the shiny side down, your image is correct.

– Place your stencil on your shirt or hoodie and iron it down. Don’t worry it won’t leave a residue of any kind on your shirt when you peel it off.

– Place a piece of cardboard on the inside of your shirt so paint does not soak through to the back.